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Smruti S. Pattanaik

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Dr Smruti S Pattanaik is a Research Fellow (SS) at the MP-IDSA. Her area of specialisation is South Asia. Her current research project is titled as “India’s Response to China’s Presence in South Asia: Challenges and Policy Options”.

Dr Pattanaik has been a recipient of many international fellowships. She was a Visiting Asia Fellow (Asian Scholarship Foundation, Bangkok) at the Department of International Relations, Dhaka University in 2004 and follow-up grantee in 2007, researching on politics of identity in Bangladesh. She was a recipient of Kodikara Award in 1999 (RCSS, Colombo), a Post-doctoral Fellow at FMSH (Fondation Maison des Science de l’Homme), and was attached to the Centre for International Relations and Research (CERI, Science Po), Paris. She was selected to attend the Symposium on the East Asian Security (SEAS) Program conducted by the US State Department and USPACOM in 2011. She was a Visiting Fellow (September-October 2011) at the International Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), she was a Visiting Professor on ICCR’s India Chair at the University of Colombo for a semester.

She has lectured on India’s foreign policy and South Asia at the Colombo University, Sir John Kotelawala Defence University, Asia Centre in the University of Melbourne, University of Karachi, University of Peshawar and University of Dhaka.

She was the Course Director of the India-Bangladesh Studies Programme jointly conducted by Jamia Millia Islamia and Dhaka University. She developed a course on “Political Developments in Bangladesh 1971-2010” as part of the European Union-funded project on Curriculum Development on Peace- building in Europe and South Asia, organised by the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution, Jamia Millia Islamia in 2011.

Dr Pattanaik has published more than 60 research articles in various peer-reviewed journals both in India and abroad. She has contributed more than 50 chapters in edited books, and delivered lectures on security issues both in India and abroad. She has authored a book titled Elite Perception in Foreign Policy: Role of Print Media in Influencing India-Pakistan Relations 1989-1999 (Manohar Publishers & RCSS: 2004), and a Monograph titled Afghanistan and its Neighbourhood: In Search of a Stable Future (PRIO-IDSA, 2013). She has edited two books South Asia: Envisioning a Regional Future, Pentagon Press, Delhi, (2011) and Four Decades of India Bangladesh Relations: Historical Imperatives and Future Direction, Gyan Publishing House, (2012), and two reports titled Pakistan on the Edge (2013) and Unending Violence in Pakistan: Analysing the Trend (2014). She is a member of MP-IDSA’s task force on neighbouring countries and is coordinator of Pakistan project. She writes for the Daily Star and Dhaka Tribune (Bangladesh) and is on the Editorial Board of MP-IDSA’s flagship journal, Strategic Analysis published by Routledge.

Research Fellow

Publication

The Liberation War of 1971 and India

India’s role in the liberation war is often seen through the geopolitical prism. Its response to developments in East Pakistan was complex and evolved over a period of time. Before taking recourse to military action, India exhausted its diplomatic initiatives to draw the attention of the international community to the refugee crisis which arose due to the Pakistan Army-perpetuated genocide – a term first used by India in the Parliament Resolution of 31 March.

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Why SAARC Would Not Allow Foreign Ministers Meet to Legitimise Taliban Regime

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik’s commentary ‘Why SAARC would not allow Foreign Ministers meet to Legitimise Taliban Regime’ has been published by the Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (SSPC) online, on September 25, 2021.

The South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Foreign Ministers meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting has become a convention since 1997. Despite the SAARC Summit meetings being cancelled or postponed, the SAARC foreign Ministers have met regularly to discuss the regional affairs. Lately, since 2018, the India Pakistan conflict has also spilled over to the SAARC foreign ministers meet in New York, says Dr. Pattanaik.

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  • Published: 25 September, 2021

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Competing for Influence: China, India and the Vaccine War in South Asia

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Smruti S Pattanaik’s article ‘Competing for Influence: China, India and the Vaccine War in South Asia’ featured in the China-India Brief # 185, published by Lee Kuan Yew (LKY) School of Public Policy, Singapore.

The success of China and India’s vaccine diplomacy is yet to be decided as the two Asian giants scramble for influence and goodwill. India, which is known as the ‘pharmacy of the world’ is likely to gear up its vaccine supplies as its second wave subsides and mass inoculations make a third wave increasingly unlikely, says Dr. Pattanaik.

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  • Published: 29 July, 2021

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US withdrawal from Afghanistan: Will Dialogue Hold?

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik’s Commentary ‘US withdrawal from Afghanistan: Will dialogue hold?’ has been published by All India Radio (AIR) on July 22, 2021.

As the dialogue process in Doha progresses, between the Afghan government and the Taliban; India, like the rest of the international community, hopes that Afghanistan’s violent past would not become its future.

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  • Published: 22 July, 2021

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PRIME MINISTER MODI’S HISTORIC VISIT TO BANGLADESH

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik’s commentary ‘Prime Minister Modi’s Historic Visit to Bangladesh’ has been published by the All India Radio (AIR) World Service, an external services division of AIR on March 30, 2021.

On the 50th anniversary of Bangladesh’s liberation, the two countries can take satisfaction at the various milestones they have achieved. Prime Minister Modi’s visit is much about celebrating this relationship that is paved with the blood of martyrs who laid down their lives for the liberation of Bangladesh and also can be considered as the golden chapter in our bilateral relations, writes Dr. Pattanaik.

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  • Published: 30 March, 2021

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Transformational moment in India-Bangladesh ties

Research Fellow, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Dr. Smruti S. Pattanaik’s article ‘Transformational moment in India-Bangladesh ties’ has been published in ‘The Pioneer’ on March 28, 2021.

PM Modi’s visit to Bangladesh on its 50th Liberation day and his becoming first head of any state/Government to pay homage at Bangabandhu Mausoleum have given a fresh impetus to the bilateral relations. The spirit of Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam and the Neighbourhood First policy have the potential to further cement the bonhomie between the two countries, writes Dr. Pattanaik.

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  • Published: 28 March, 2021

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